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Elon Musk attempts hostile takeover of twitter
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Elon Musk has risked $43 billion dollars to try and wrest twitter away from its board of directors.
2022-04-14
23 injured in NYC subway attack
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A criminal through two smoke bombs into a subway and opened fire into a crowd of people during rush hour in NYC. No current suspects.
2022-04-13
Extrasolar object struck Earth in 2014
An object from outside the Sol solar system streaked across the sky in 2014 and exploded over an ocean. The US government hid information about this object for reasons of national security. zombies? space-plague? Why?
Mass Protests in Pakistan
Protests have erupted in Pakistan over the Prime Minister's attempts to stay in power. Accusations of US interference have been put forward.
At least 17 LA gangs robbing the rich
At least 17 different LA area gangs are thought to be targeting the wealthy driving around in high-end cars. They are followed home, then robbed. Due to a revolving door policy for criminals, no way to end this can be found.
Gilbert Gottfried dies.
Legendary comedian Gilbert Gottfried passed away yesterday. No cause was given.
Prime Minister of Pakistan dissolves parliament
The Prime Minister of Pakistan dissolved Parliament in an effort to stop a vote that would have removed him from office. Appeals are underway.
2022-04-03
6 killed 10 injured in gang related shooting in Sacramento
Shooting burst out hours after a Tyler the Creator concert in Sacramento. 6 were killed and 10 injured. No suspects, no leads.
Staten Island Amazon Workers Unionize
Amazon lost an important union vote, after trying to derail the workers using every dirty trick in the book. The workers had to start their own union since the existing unions are all compromised by the company.
2022-04-01
Biden is release the strategic oil reserve
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Biden announced he will be releasing the USA's strategic oil reserves to bring down gas prices instead of actually doing anything about the oil monopoly strangling the country.
2022-03-31
Bruce Willis Retires from acting
Bruce Willis of Moonlighting fame, has announced his retirement from acting due to a diagnosis of aphasia. The inability to express oneself normally which often expresses as a loss of words.
2022-03-30
Jeopardy show seems to reveal the show cheats
In the middle of the show, two players scores changed, miraculously predicting their final scores, while the third players score stayed correct. Is there any other answer? The show is scripted, the winner is known before it starts.
Hubble finds oldest star yet
The old Hubble telescope floating in orbit has tracked what is thought to be a star or a binary star from 900 million years after the Big Bang. Sounds like a long time but the previous oldest star found was 4.4 billion years after the Big Bang.
Free covid money runs out
Free government money is no longer available to the uninsured to pay for covid testing, treatment or vaccines. The program was defunded to fight Russia in Ukraine.
2022-03-29
Serious flaws found in Windows 10 11 and server no fix yet
Windows has admitted there is a serious flaw in Windows 10, 11, and server versions that remains unpatched. They tried to fix it but that didn’t work and added more flaws. Then they tried to fix THAT, and this one also did not work and also added more flaws. And this latest one also broke the fix a third party was able to make. Microsoft says they are working on it and you will get a fix when they are good and ready. Try Linux. Devuan.org is a good one.
2022-03-28
Tornado kills at least one in New Orleans
A rare tornado struck New Orleans devastating the city leaving at least one dead.
2022-03-23
Madeleine Albright died
Madeleine Albright former USA Secretary of State has passed away of natural causes. She was very old.
GitHub experiencing problems
Some Github services are currently experiencing connection issues. No further information.
Ketanji Brown Jackson about to be a Supreme Court Judge
Ketanji Brown Jackson is being grilled uselessly by the US lawmakers in a pointless display of fake politics. She will be appointed regardless of what goes on at these hearings because she was hand picked by the corporations that pay the lawmakers.
Another 737 crashed
Another Boeing 737 crashed, this time in China. The air worthiness of the Boeing 737 max was investigated by Boeing in 2021 and they determined it was all good. This 737 was an NG model and not the poorly designed MAX. Speculation indicates possible power failure as the cause.
2022-03-21
Apple services down due to DNS misconfiguration
Apple services including messaging, Apple store, maps and more were down today due to a DNS configuration mistake.
135 vehicle pile up on I-57 leaves 6 dead
Fog played a factor in a 135 vehicle accident on I-57 in Missouri between I-55 and the Illinois border. 6 are dead.
2022-03-18
Ukraine still is losing to Russia
Russian forces continue to dominate Ukraine, whose plucky resistance is doomed. Zelensky's failure to accept a reasonable diplomatic solution has caused the deaths of thousands and destroyed the country for decades.
2022-03-17